02-21-2003, 01:07 AM
[#800000][size 2]Fun thread NOS, [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]This will give me the opportunity to explain my interesting screen name that you have surely wondered about. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]I was born in Idaho in a town called Ririe, which is very close to the South Fork of the Snake River. Some of my first and fondest fishing memories were floating the Snake and camping on the islands formed by side channels. Most memorable were the trips during the Salmon fly hatch where I caught handfuls of the critters and fished them with a bobber. That was back when you could float the South Fork and see less than five boats all day. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]At the age of 9 my dad started to teach me to tie flies and fly fish. I was pretty clumsy fly fishing and tying, but I learned to tie larger flies fairly well and I found that they were easier to fish. I learned to tie a mean grasshopper pattern and a couple stonefly patterns including the Salmon fly. I usually had good success and occasionally beat some of my dad's friends fishing. I found that I could have good success most of the year with just a few patterns so I didn't need to learn more. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]Growing up fishing the Salmon fly hatch I have always had an interest in the critters. Since I started going to school, I have found it easy to get side tracked when I should be doing homework so I have done quite a bit of entomology study on the internet when my time would probably be spent better in other ways. Through this study I have found myself focusing on the stone fly family; latin name plecoptera. So there you have it, my two favorite types of flies to fish as a boy put together in one strange name.[/size][/#800000][#800000][size 2] [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]I owe my love for fishing to the time my dad spent patiently teaching me the skills of a fisherman. He has been gone for 11 years now, but he is still teaching me because now he gets to fish full time. I wouldn't trade those youth fishing trips with my dad for anything so I am going to give my boys the same opportunities that I had as a boy. [/size][/#800000]
[size 2][#800000]Now don't get me wrong, I love to fly fish, but I am an equal opportunity fisherman. Lead hook meat, bobber worm, soft plastics, hard plastics, spinning, jigging, trolling, casting, you name it, I will fish it.[/#800000][/size]
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[#800000][size 2]This will give me the opportunity to explain my interesting screen name that you have surely wondered about. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]I was born in Idaho in a town called Ririe, which is very close to the South Fork of the Snake River. Some of my first and fondest fishing memories were floating the Snake and camping on the islands formed by side channels. Most memorable were the trips during the Salmon fly hatch where I caught handfuls of the critters and fished them with a bobber. That was back when you could float the South Fork and see less than five boats all day. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]At the age of 9 my dad started to teach me to tie flies and fly fish. I was pretty clumsy fly fishing and tying, but I learned to tie larger flies fairly well and I found that they were easier to fish. I learned to tie a mean grasshopper pattern and a couple stonefly patterns including the Salmon fly. I usually had good success and occasionally beat some of my dad's friends fishing. I found that I could have good success most of the year with just a few patterns so I didn't need to learn more. [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]Growing up fishing the Salmon fly hatch I have always had an interest in the critters. Since I started going to school, I have found it easy to get side tracked when I should be doing homework so I have done quite a bit of entomology study on the internet when my time would probably be spent better in other ways. Through this study I have found myself focusing on the stone fly family; latin name plecoptera. So there you have it, my two favorite types of flies to fish as a boy put together in one strange name.[/size][/#800000][#800000][size 2] [/size][/#800000]
[#800000][size 2]I owe my love for fishing to the time my dad spent patiently teaching me the skills of a fisherman. He has been gone for 11 years now, but he is still teaching me because now he gets to fish full time. I wouldn't trade those youth fishing trips with my dad for anything so I am going to give my boys the same opportunities that I had as a boy. [/size][/#800000]
[size 2][#800000]Now don't get me wrong, I love to fly fish, but I am an equal opportunity fisherman. Lead hook meat, bobber worm, soft plastics, hard plastics, spinning, jigging, trolling, casting, you name it, I will fish it.[/#800000][/size]
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